Detroit Lions

2023

Penalty Counts

The Detroit Lions have played 20 games. The Rank columns refer to overall league rank for that type of penalty. Offsetting and Declined penalties are listed in the "Dismissed" column, but are otherwise ignored.

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Name	Against	League Avg	League Avg-Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Home	Away	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	15	20	5	74	20	94	0	3	12	7	15T
Unnecessary Roughness	6	5.41	-0.59	72	5	75	1	3	3	19T	15T
Defensive Pass Interference	12	8.69	-3.31	159	7	128	2	6	6	26T	19T
Offensive Pass Interference	1	2.28	1.28	10	3	30	0	1	0	3T	6T
Illegal Shift	1	1.16	0.16	5	0	0	0	1	0	11T	23T
Offensive Holding	20	18.06	-1.94	200	21	209	3	11	9	19T	6T
Roughing the Passer	5	3.09	-1.91	60	5	75	1	3	2	25T	2T
Illegal Contact	6	2.81	-3.19	30	3	13	3	4	2	30	9T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0	1.09	1.09	0	2	19	1	0	0	1T	3T
Illegal Use of Hands	2	1.88	-0.12	10	2	10	0	1	1	13T	11T
Intentional Grounding	2	1.88	-0.12	23	3	30	0	1	1	14T	6T
Defensive Offside	2	4.78	2.78	10	3	15	1	1	1	5T	18T
Tripping	2	0.28	-1.72	27	1	15	0	0	2	31T	1T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	0.78	0.78	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	5T
Delay of Game	8	5.09	-2.91	40	10	50	0	1	7	28T	1T
Horse Collar Tackle	1	0.47	-0.53	15	0	0	0	1	0	20T	15T
Encroachment	1	1.28	0.28	5	1	5	0	1	0	15T	13T
Defensive Holding	8	5.81	-2.19	37	3	15	1	5	3	23T	26T
Illegal Formation	2	1.84	-0.16	10	3	15	0	1	1	13T	6T
Illegal Touch Pass	1	0.09	-0.91	5	0	0	0	0	1	30T	4T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Neutral Zone Infraction	1	3.06	2.06	5	4	21	0	0	1	1T	8T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.25	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Motion	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	1.53	1.53	0	0	0	1	0	0	1T	25T
Illegal Crackback	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Chop Block	2	0.19	-1.81	22	0	0	0	2	0	32	7T
Clipping	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Fair Catch Interference	1	0.38	-0.62	15	0	0	0	0	1	23T	13T
Leverage	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Low Block	2	0.19	-1.81	30	0	0	0	1	1	32	6T
Disqualification	0	0.38	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Illegal Touch Kick	1	0.22	-0.78	0	0	0	0	0	1	27T	8T
Offensive Offside	2	0.66	-1.34	10	1	4	0	1	1	28T	5T
Taunting	0	0.47	0.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	15T
Leaping	0	0.06	0.06	0	1	6	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Bat	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	1	0.47	-0.53	15	1	5	0	0	1	20T	1T
Illegal Peelback	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	1	1.03	0.03	5	0	0	0	1	0	13T	20T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0.34	0.34	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	2T
Kick Catch Interference	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	0	0.25	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Face Mask	1	2.88	1.88	15	2	23	0	1	0	3T	17T
Illegal Kick/Kicking Loose Ball	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Lowering the Head to Make Forcible Contact	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Totals	107	101.01	-5.99	909	103	877	14	50	57

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	0.75	3.7	1	4.7	0	5	17T
Unnecessary Roughness	0.3	3.6	0.25	3.75	0.05	19	19
Defensive Pass Interference	0.6	7.95	0.35	6.4	0.1	24	24
Offensive Pass Interference	0.05	0.5	0.15	1.5	0	3	15
Illegal Shift	0.05	0.25	0	0	0	12	23T
Offensive Holding	1	10	1.05	10.45	0.15	15T	15
Roughing the Passer	0.25	3	0.25	3.75	0.05	25	8
Illegal Contact	0.3	1.5	0.15	0.65	0.15	30	16T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0	0	0.1	0.95	0.05	1T	11
Illegal Use of Hands	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0	13T	15T
Intentional Grounding	0.1	1.15	0.15	1.5	0	14T	9
Defensive Offside	0.1	0.5	0.15	0.75	0.05	5	22
Tripping	0.1	1.35	0.05	0.75	0	31	8
Roughing the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	0	0.05	0.75	0	1T	16T
Delay of Game	0.4	2	0.5	2.5	0	27	3T
Horse Collar Tackle	0.05	0.75	0	0	0	20	15T
Encroachment	0.05	0.25	0.05	0.25	0	15	21
Defensive Holding	0.4	1.85	0.15	0.75	0.05	22	29
Illegal Formation	0.1	0.5	0.15	0.75	0	14	8
Illegal Touch Pass	0.05	0.25	0	0	0	30	4T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.05	0.25	0.2	1.05	0	1	10
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Motion	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0	0	0	0.05	1T	25T
Illegal Crackback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Chop Block	0.1	1.1	0	0	0	32	7T
Clipping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Fair Catch Interference	0.05	0.75	0	0	0	24	13T
Leverage	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Low Block	0.1	1.5	0	0	0	32	6T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Illegal Touch Kick	0.05	0	0	0	0	27	8T
Offensive Offside	0.1	0.5	0.05	0.2	0	28	16
Taunting	0	0	0	0	0	1T	15T
Leaping	0	0	0.05	0.3	0	1T	2
Illegal Bat	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	0.05	0.75	0.05	0.25	0	21	14T
Illegal Peelback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	0.05	0.25	0	0	0	13	20T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0	0.05	0.25	0	1T	10
Kick Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Face Mask	0.05	0.75	0.1	1.15	0	4	23
Illegal Kick/Kicking Loose Ball	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Lowering the Head to Make Forcible Contact	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Totals	5.35	45.45	5.15	43.85	0.7